General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Coleus
  • Flame Nettle
  • Painted Nettle
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coleus scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Solenostemon scutellarioides
  • Synonym: Plectranthus scutellarioides

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Photo by sedumzz
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2009-06-28
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: Sep 28, 2011 9:15 AM
Location: American Fork, UT
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2009-06-28
Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2015-07-11

Date: 2015-04-03
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2009-06-28

Date: 2009-08-02
Zone 4 Wisconsin

Date: 2015-04-03
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-09-26
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: Jul 4, 2011 10:08 AM
Location: Granville, Ohio
Date: 2011-08-04
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2007-07-16
Location: Middle Tennessee
Date: Jun 14, 2011 8:09 AM
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